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Nige said:
If they're marked then you (or anyone else coming behind you on the next shift) know exactly where you've been. The only way to work IMO.
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Hate to admit it but I seldom did that but for 99% of the work I did I was the only person doing it. One habit I did have was if part way through installing a component and getting called to some "emergency" was to leave wrench on the fastener I was installing so I knew where I left off.

When doing a valve setting on an engine I did use the paint method to keep track of where I was.
 
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We always used to paint mark bolts on new equipment pdi’s. Each of us in the shop had a different colour so the service manager could tell who was responsible if there was a problem later on or if some critical fasteners got missed. Just a quick and easy visual indication. It works really well
 
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I recall a tour of a Cat engine factory many years back where the socket that the head, rod and main bearings were torqued had a pad in them so they would leave a dab of paint when socket was put on the fastener. Of course one could fail to tighten the nut or fastener but at least you would know they were close!
 
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kshansen said:
I recall a tour of a Cat engine factory many years back where the socket that the head, rod and main bearings were torqued had a pad in them so they would leave a dab of paint when socket was put on the fastener. Of course one could fail to tighten the nut or fastener but at least you would know they were close!
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Yes, it's a sponge pad.
One shop was having problems enough to switch to Huck bolts....no mistaking them.
 
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